Tuesday, September 2, 2014

006 - Like What, Me Worry?

The cleverly named 006 hailed from the Chicago area and released one single on the local Harlequin Records label in April of 1966. That record, Like What, Me Worry?, was picked up for national distribution by the girl-group-centric Red Bird Records a month later. Their presence on Red Bird Records -- which released a lot of songs by professional composers in the Brill Building -- led to speculation that the band was a studio creation. But they weren't. They were a sextet made up of some Beach Boys looking lads. Doc Watson (not THAT Doc Watson) was on lead vocals, Ray Fowler on second vocals, John Kielnik on guitar and organ, Dennis Rezendes on lead guitar, Ted Byczek on drums and Jimmy Flowers on bass.

Like what, Me Worry? tells the tale of a proud loner who is down with being a lone wolf who has comfortably embraced his tough-guy persona. I have no idea who the composer is, other than the E. Wenzlaff credit. Doc Watson lays down some perfectly defiant and flippant vocals for the song. Let's let the lyrics to Like What, Me Worry? by 006 do the rest of the talking for us.

I'd love to find a new music player that performs well on mobile devices and is easy to share. Soundcloud is good but copyright software and limited space are a major hindrance. I keep waiting for one of these great HTML5 music players but am yet to find one that fits the bill.

:) I used to hang out with jimmy flowers(like 35 years ago), he had great stories and insights on the music biz in that era, and though I don't remember the labels, he had other 006 and studio session work 45 rpm discs. He moved away, and we lost touch. Can't tell you how many times I've missed that cat over the years.

I lived in the same neighborhood as the 006. They were all so cool and all very nice. Doc Watson died a few years ago and as mentioned Jimmy died last year. Ted is still around as is John. They recorded another record around that time. I can't remember the name. Too bad they didn't make it, they sounded great.